[Elecraft] Compare: K3 to Collins S-line receiver

[Edward R Cole]

I feed my K3 speaker output direct to an old ten-inch National Radio 
speaker, which simply mounted in a metal speaker box and open on the 
back.  Like the sound better than new modern speakers (amplified or not).

But I confess to running Western Mountain COMspkr's with my KX3 or my 
900-MHz surplus MOT Spectra.  I set the tone (Hi Cut) knob to treble 
on the COMspkr's.

Never had a Collin's radio.  The 75A4 was new when I began ham radio* 
and the Engineering Dept. at MSU had the newest s-line stuff in 
1960's.  I operated the VHF transceiver (KWM-2?) a little bit.

73, Ed - KL7UW
*my first receiver was a Knight Ocean Hopper (kit) and then a 
HQ100C.  After college it was a Clegg Interceptor-B with HF convertor.

Put a quality 25 W (per channel) amplifier and pair of 8" diameter
speakers on the K3 and I suspect one would be hard put to distinguish
between the S-line receiver and K3 receiver in terms of tonal quality
and distortion.  The K3 would certainly have fewer RF/IF distortion
products.

73,

     ... Joe, W4TV


73, Ed - KL7UW
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